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Season 1 – The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama

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Historian Simon Schama sets out to explore the enduring, and occasionally surprising, legacy left by the Romantic period on our modern world. Alongside his own examination of some key pieces of Romantic art, he speaks to some of those making art today to find out how the Romantic spirit lives on in contemporary creative culture. The distinctive style of the era reflected the aspirations, ideals and anxieties of its time, and this series demonstrates how, by examining the creative expression of generations facing a world in similar flux to our own, we may gain valuable insight into what may otherwise seem to be very modern issues.

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Deborah Ross The Mail on Sunday (UK) 09/16/2020
2/5
I was confused, didn't quite get his thesis, and couldn't get excited about any of it. Go to Full Review Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) 09/28/2020
4/5
A marvelous series that has looked at artists, musicians and writers from Chopin and Blake to Hugo and Wollstonecraft. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Simon Schama

Host

Hugo Macgregor

Director

Melanie Fall

Producer

Nicolas Kent

Producer

Charlotte Sacher

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 11, 2020 Passions of the People Simon Schama explores how romantic artists created the secular icons of the modern democratic age, whose power continues to inspire the passions of revolt to this day. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 18, 2020 The Chambers of the Mind Simon Schama explores how the romantics became the first intrepid explorers of dark recesses of the human mind, long before the modern psychological revolution. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 25, 2020 Tribes Simon Schama explores the genesis of modern nationalism, its romantic roots in a new idea of nature and homeland. Details

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Season Info

Director
Hugo Macgregor
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Special Interest, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Sep 11, 2020